Giordon Stark
Research Assistant Professor at University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolGiordon Stark is an Assistant Project Scientist based in California with 13 years of experience at the intersection of experimental physics and software engineering. Trained at Caltech and the University of Chicago, he transitioned from hands-on LIGO and particle-physics research to postdoctoral and project scientist roles at the Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics. He combines deep expertise in experimental instrumentation and data analysis with practical DevOps skills, contributing to conda-forge recipe maintenance to ensure cross-platform scientific software builds reliably. Known for mentoring and teaching, he pairs a researcher’s rigor with a developer’s habit of patching, automating, and documenting reproducible workflows. His GitHub persona—“Proton Smashing, Code Crashing, and ROM Flashing”—hints at a playful, hardware-savvy approach to complex technical problems. Colleagues rely on him to translate physics requirements into maintainable software and reproducible research infrastructure.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
suncoast community high schoolCalifornia Institute of TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Physics at University of ChicagoFlorida Atlantic University
American Sign Language
Github Skills (5)
packaging10
conda-forge10
patch10
linux9
macos9
Programming languages (26)
Github contributions (5)
conda-forge/staged-recipes
Jul 2022 - Aug 2022
A place to submit conda recipes before they become fully fledged conda-forge feedstocks
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Package Maintainer
DevOps Engineer & Package MaintainerContributions:28 reviews, 5 commits, 19 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Giordon primarily focused on patching and modifying recipes within the conda-forge ecosystem. Their contributions include adding and updating patches, likely to address build or dependency issues for specific packages. They interacted with patch files and made adjustments to ensure packages build correctly across different operating systems, specifically addressing issues for Linux and macOS. These actions suggest involvement in maintaining the build process within the conda-forge environment.
condaconda-forge
kratsg/set
Aug 2014 - May 2017
Contributions:25 commits, 2 PRs, 6 pushes in 2 years 10 months
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